Foot and leg rest.



J. FLINDALL."

FOOT AND LEG REST.

v APPLICATION rum) FEB.10,1909.

Patented Dec.7,1909.

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JOHN FLINDALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOOT AND LEG BEST.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. '7, E09.

Application filed February 10, 1909. Serial No. 477,174.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoI-IN FLINDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot and Leg Rests; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture, and particularly toan improved foot and leg rest formed so as to be readily accessible andwhen not desired can be stowed away out of sight, and has for an objectthe arrangement of a slide and stop whereby the foot and leg rest issupported when in an extended position and is guided to its properresting place when it is stowed away.

A further object of the invention is the construction of a foot and legrest in combi nation with an article of furniture having slide waysformed therein and means connecting the foot and leg rest proper withthe article of furniture so that the foot and leg rest will be supportedat a predetermined angle when extended and firmly held in that positionby supporting lugs and sliding arms engaging a stop arranged on thearticle of furniture, the stop and the lugs permitting a retracting ofthe rest whenever desired.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection through a chair and foot and leg rest embodying the invention.Fig. 2 is a section through the chair shown in Fig. l but with the footand leg rest retracted. Fig. 8 is a section through Fig. 1 approximatelyon line 33, the cover to the foot and leg rest being removed for thepurpose of illustration.

In the provision of foot and leg rests for furniture of various kinds,as for instance chairs, it is very desirable to provide a simple and yetstrong construction. Also it is very desirable to arrange the foot andleg rest to be readily moved out of the way as for instance beneath thechair seat when not in use.

In constructing a foot and leg rest in combination with a chair. thesame is arranged with any desired kind of rest proper and a slidingsupport to which the same is pivotally secured. The shielding support isarranged to slide in ways secured to the chair to which the rest is tobe attached in order that the foot and leg rest proper together with itssupport, may be slid beneath the seat of the chair and there held untilfurther required. In order that the foot and leg rest proper that ispivotally mounted upon the sliding support will not be pivotally mountedto an undesirable angle a lug or plurality of lugs as may be desired iscon nected therewith and arranged to engage one of the cross bars of thechair for limiting the movement of the foot rest proper and therebyholding the foot and leg rest proper at a proper angle.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood an embodimentof the same is shown in the accompanying drawings in which i 1 indicatesa chair which may be of any desired kind to which is secured a pair ofrunways or supports 2 and 3. To the supports 2 and 3 are secured guidesat and 5 for guiding the reciprocatory movement of the sliding supports6 and 7 which are designed to rest upon the slides 2 and 3 and be heldfrom moving toward each other by the guides 4t and 5. The slidingsupports 6 and 7 are pivotally mounted at 8 and 9 to a foot and leg rest10. The sliding supports 6 and 7 are also provided with lugs orprojections 11 and 12 which engage slots 13 and 1-1- in a cross bar orstop 15 for limiting the outward movement of the supports and forconsequently limiting the outward movement of the foot rest proper. Aswill be further seen in Fig. 3 the sliding supports 6 and 7 arepivotally mounted interiorly of the framework of the foot rest proper 10and are arranged to engage guides 4: and 5 on the outer surface thereofso that as the slides move back and forth the same are held properly inposition at all times, and the lugs 11 and 12 thereof will readilyengage the slots 18 and 14. As the foot rest proper 10 is pivotallymounted upon supports 8 and 9, means are necessary for regulating theangle at which the same is used, and in order to'supply such means lugsor stops 16 and 17 are secured to the framework of the foot rest properthat is arranged to engage one of the cross bars 18 of chair 1 and limitthe upward movement of the inner end of the foot and leg rest proper.The foot rest proper is preferably pivoted nearer the inner end than theouter end in order that the same will automatically move to the positionshown in Fig. 1 ready for use immediately upon the same being withdrawnfrom beneath the chair shown in Fig. 2.

hen it is desired to place the foot rest beneath the seat 19 of chair 1the inner end thereof is depressed and then pushed inward until it hasreached the position shown in Fig. 2. The outer end of the foot and legrest 10 is formed with an enlarged end piece 20 that may be formed ofany desired material, and either covered or not as may be desired. Theend piece 20 is arranged in this manner in order to tornra stop for theinward movement gl the foot rest proper and also to hide from View thevarious mechanism employed and to present a neat and pleasingappearance. is desired to use the foot and leg rest a reverse procedureis employed, namely, the pulling out of the toot and leg rest proper 10until the lugs or projections 11 and 12 pass into the slots 13 and 14 ofstop 15 and then the foot and leg rest )ermitted to automatically moveto the position shown in Fig. l.

Vhen it The foot and leg rest has been described specifically inconnection with a chair, but it will be evident that the same may beapplied to couches, lounges, and any other desired piece of furniturewherever a foot and leg rest is desirable.

What I claim is:

In an article of furniture, a support, a plurality of runways, a slidingsupport mounted on each of the runways, a rectangular stop arranged atthe rear end of each or" the sliding supports, a cross bar secured toeach of the runways and formed with slot for accommodating the stops,the construction of the stops causing the cross bar to be locked againstlateral movement and against removal 'from the support, a pivotallymounted foot and leg rest connected with the outer end of the slidingsupport, and angular lugs rigidly secured to the inner edge of the footrest and leg rest and arranged to engage the support,.the angularity ofthe lugs determining the angle of the foot and leg rest when moved tosupporting position.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN FLINDALL.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. FLINDALL, J. O. LIVINGSTON.

